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- Born
- June 1681
- Died
- 5 April 1765
- Works
- 127
Top works
- The complaint, or, Night thoughts
- A dish of chocolate for the times
- Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality
- Young's Revenge
- The complaint
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Upham
- Place of death
- Welwyn
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Movement
- Sentimentalism
- Image
- Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) - Edward Young (1683–1765) - ASC-132 - All Souls College.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edward Young
- date of death
- 1765-04-05
- name in native language
- Edward Young
- start of work period
- 1713-00-00
- end of work period
- 1745-00-00
- date of birth
- 1681-00-00
- date of baptism
- 1683-07-03
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- English language
- P8168
- Scano di Montiferro
- P12749
- Henriette Sontag
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Edward Young, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
The general passion of the people: In seven satires
Obras selectas de Eduardo Young
Les nuits d'Young
El Sabio en la soledad filosofía de los adorables augustos atributos de la diuinidad
Les nuits d'Young
Obras selectas de Eduardo Young
Obras selectas de Eduardo Young
Oeuvres diverses du docteur Young
Les nuits d'Young
Le notti d' Joung
Le notti d' Joung
Obras selectas de Eduardo Young
Oeuvres diverses du docteur Young
El Sabio en la soledad filosofía de los adorables augustos atributos de la diuinidad
Oeuvres diverses du docteur Young
Oeuvres diverses du docteur Young
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Young by Joseph Highmore Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke, among many others, and at the end of the century was illustrated by William Blake.
Young took holy orders, and wrote many fawning letters in search of preferment, attracting accusations of insincerity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edward Young” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.